Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-30
CALHOUN DAY.
Grand Military and Civic DISPLAY
at Charleston, S. G.


n''' immunity anu VlNlt process
sun ""icn preceded the unVeiling ceremonies.
Nearly al thc chiet men OF this State and many
pioii'it'hl 'lSllofs from abroad are here TO do
hohol 10 ihc memory ol South Caronas dis.
uhRuisheo son The parade formed on South
haltcrS anu narchcd throngh the main streets
! ul the city 10 Marion square, whore the monu-
iheht Is erected.
Inc following was the order Of exercises
opening prayer, ny the Rev Charles Cotoworth
flhckhey' d. p Music; unveiling OF the monu.
ineit py thlrty'tWo young ladies; artillery sa-
laluc oi nineteen guns on the battery; ode by
bliss ChcshOruugh, to be read by Rev.
Iharles a. Stakcly; Grafton by Hon L. o
I. Lamar odc by Mrs. Margaret j, Preston to
pc read by KEY. W. +. Junkin d. D.; bone
ulcllon bS KEY John o. Wilson.
Ilhe Associated Press furnished an "ab
slract OF MI Lanars remarks on unyeilmg
lhc statue thal would occupy from eight 10 ten
columns IN ilne type We give two or three
passages:
IAMAR's oRATIoN
One of the most impressivn traits of tb,, m,
and character was thc attachment ho,u.,,,
himself and the noonIc n, south c,roli,,o ma
devotion TO their welfare ,yns .,o,,,Ioss a,d
they always felt n deem unfalicring proud .,,t
anectonate reliance upon his wisdom and land.
crship. This faith in him grcw ont of tho f,ct
that he was. notwithstanding his imnosfng ro.i.
ton as u national statesman n home man n man
Identified in sentiment and symnothy With
his own pcoplr who as nriohhnry and ,,,,.s,,,r !
friends. standing face IN foco win him, bo1 hot
insight into his private lifc and rlorarnr which
is seldom If eyer obtained in thr n,,hlio aro,,,
purpose and feeling
Mr.. Calhoun had n Drofound faith in the ,vortb
ana dignity and destiny of man os the nohlcst
OF all Gods creatures IN earth en- lowed with
those great facultips and conaciticg which N
him. through socipty and froe institution. nm.
der Divine srncriniendenc, for progross do.
yclopment and uerfcction Consrion. ~ hs
own .rrent po,yers h, uitst have bncr. Int o,..
altcd as he was in posi,ion thou,bt and
purposc so far was he from ,oelinc, trat thoso
advantages lifted him above and onart from tbo
mass of men. that he reoard,1 tbcm nc .o
many ties Of union and hrntberbnod with hi. f,l.
lowmcn. 10 be consecrated to their welfare and
happipess Whenever thoreforo ho returned
from the hrilIian, SCENES Of tho N,tio,,l c,,,,,l
TO his home. instead of coming among them a, A
great Senator to he admired ot a distance no
met the pcou,o MS friends and brotbcrs all
Of whom of every dcprco and elias, and rbaractcr
felt in the heart warm grosno NJ hishand a friend.
shin that entered Win doom and unuqcrtrd
sytppathv into the frnlipgs thrir interests thpir
wants their sorrows and their iovs
When moi IN Tho octp,, discbor,,e og his on.
cial dutirs he suent his tim, in retirement nj
his nriyn,e home ot Fort nm II, o.,,. o,..r.
pied in agriculture in which he tool, thr donn.
est interest Would that had the mower to
nortrov - sop,hcrr ,,,antcr.s homo, Tho s,'eo,
and noble associations ,bc pnrc rcti,inr and
eleyatinp atmosnhere Of a household presided
over bv a Sorthcru notron: the abode of do.
nestle ioys and duties; the peaceful vet
active life Of II large ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fun of interest and high moral responsible
itics; the alliance between mans intellect and
natures laws of production; the hospitality,
heartfelt, simple and generous The South
ern planter was far from being tho
sclfindulpcnt indocnt coarse and ovcrboir-
ing person that ne has sometimes been pctur.
cd He was. in general. careful patient proyi-
dent, i,dustrious forcbcaring and vet firm and
determined These were the qualities that un-
ablcd him To take q race Of untamed
savagcs, with habits that could
only inspire disgust with no arts, 10
SINGLE tradition of civilization and out of such a
people to make the finest body of agricultural
and domestic laborcrs that the world has ever
seen: and indeed to elevate them in the scale
of national existence TO such height rs to
cause them to be deemed II for admission into
the charmed circle OF American freedom, and
10 be clothed with the rights and duties OF
American citizenship.
*sh Fellow citizens: Tho institution OF
slavery. That question has been settled.
slavery is dcod buried in a grave that never
f,ivcs nm its dead. Why reopen IL to-day; Let
IL rest Vet. if remain silent upon the subject
~ ,y,,lhc tol,en as an admission that there is
o,,,. .,,or, ~ Mr. r,lboun's ufc of which il is
,.,,.i,,,, II. cric,ds IA cav notbIng to the
-, ,,,,,ar,,i,, nissirrlotior and evasion
,,, GO, ,,,r,i, ia hi. ch,rnrtrr that in his own
| case M ono would disapproyc and even dsdain
| .uch silc,cc moro than he. have this
to eov. That with reference 10 the constitu-
| ,,'I -, s1,,,or,, IN tho states Mr. Cnl.
/ ,'o,,,' ',a. o,,,o.,Si,oa or expressed a
sor,,roont ,b,t was not entertained and ex.
, -, ,ra,, tohr o,,rc,, Adams
1T, vr,,s,o. and ali tho omipcnt statesmen
| 80, ,, r,,o, g,o,or,, ,,s an institution n,
! sa,,a,,,i, ,,,, s,,,os eonc,iorcd and upheld bv
,,,eafs',i,,,,i,, ~ tho Irni,ed States. that IL
,,,,, irs,,,,,ior NJ nronertv recognized, pro.
80, "'. ~ '5 ,,,,an,ai o,o, unor tho States
Vo''c'' 'u' i', n,, ,ho ,rnd,mentnl
,at,ha trnior. that it was an institution of
,a,,,,,,i ,,,,,o,. which un1er the provisions of
Tho constitution increased the representation